Marine Bioactive Peptides: Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential

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This Special Issue Book, “Marine Bioactive Peptides: Structure, Function, and

Therapeutic Potential" includes up-to-date information regarding bioactive

peptides isolated from marine organisms. Marine peptides have been found in

various phyla, and their numbers have grown in recent years. These peptides

are diverse in structure and possess broad-spectrum activities that have great

potential for medical applications. Various marine peptides are evolutionary

ancient molecular factors of innate immunity that play a key role in host defense.

A plethora of biological activities, including antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral,

anticancer, anticoagulant, endotoxin-binding, immune-modulating, etc., make

marine peptides an attractive molecular basis for drug design. This Special Issue

Book presents new results in the isolation, structural elucidation, functional

characterization, and therapeutic potential evaluation of peptides found in

marine organisms. Chemical synthesis and biotechnological production of marine

peptides and their mimetics is also a focus of this Special Issue Book.

Genre: Medical / Pharmacology (fancy, right?)